1987 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 4 teams, 1 from each conference.

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The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.

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	Quarterfinals March 20–21							Semifinals March 26–27					National championship March 28
	E1	Boston College	1	3	4
	W4	Minnesota	4	2	6
								W4	Minnesota	3
								W2	Michigan State	5
	W2	Michigan State	6	5	11
	E3	Maine	2	3	5
													W2	Michigan State	3
													W1	North Dakota	5
	W1	North Dakota	3	6	9
	E4	St. Lawrence	1	3	4
								W1	North Dakota	5			Third-place game
								E2	Harvard	2
	E2	Harvard	7	3	10								W4	Minnesota	6
	W3	Bowling Green	1	0	1								E2	Harvard	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota

March 20	Boston College		1 – 4		Minnesota	McHugh Forum	Recap
(Leetch) Ken Hodge Jr. - 19:26		First period			14:00 - Dave Snuggerud (Grannis)
No scoring		Second period			15:36 - PP GW - Tom Chorske (Skarda, Cates) 19:01 - Tom Chorske (Skarda, MacSwain)
No scoring		Third period			17:12 - Dave Snuggerud (unassisted)
(30 saves / 34 shots) David Littman		Goalie stats			John Blue (42 saves / 43 shots)

March 21	Boston College		3 – 2		Minnesota	McHugh Forum	Recap
(Brown, Sweeney) Craig Janney - 08:46 (Stevens) Ken Hodge Jr. - 10:27		First period			No scoring
(Leetch) Craig Janney - PP GW - 07:12		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:01 - Peter Hankinson (Bergland) 13:21 - Dave Snuggerud (Grannis)
(27 saves / 29 shots) Shaun Real		Goalie stats			John Blue (36 saves / 39 shots)

Minnesota won series 6–4

(E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Bowling Green

March 20	Harvard		7 – 1		Bowling Green	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Caplan, Biotti) Steve Armstrong – 01:27 (Taylor, Bourbeau) Lane MacDonald – GW PP – 04:51 (Armstrong, Caplan) Don Sweeney – PP – 16:41		First period			No scoring
(unassisted) C. J. Young – 03:09 (Barakett, Sweeney) C. J. Young – 08:00 (MacDonald, Barakett) Allen Bourbeau – PP – 11:37		Second period			18:32 – PP – Iain Duncan (Emerson, Barber)
(Taylor, Bourbeau) Tim Barakett – PP – 11:07		Third period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Dickie McEvoy		Goalie stats			Gary Kruzich ( 34 saves / 41 shots )

March 21	Harvard		3 – 0		Bowling Green	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(unassised) Andy Janfaza - GW - 09:52		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(MacDonald, Barakett) Allen Bourbeau - PP - 13:45 (Murphy, Cutone) Rick Haney - PP - 18:20		Third period			No scoring
(40 saves / 40 shots) Dickie McEvoy		Goalie stats			Gary Kruzich (22 saves / 25 shots)

Harvard won series 10–1

(W1) North Dakota vs. (E4) St. Lawrence

March 20	North Dakota		3 – 1		St. Lawrence	Winter Sports Center	Recap
(Hrkac) Lee Davidson - PP - 16:57		First period			01:17 - Dave Saunders (Mulligan, Hurlbut)
(Hrkac, Joyce) Steve Johnson - PP GW - 04:09		Second period			No scoring
(Bobyck, Hrkac) Bob Joyce - 03:01		Third period			No scoring
(38 saves / 39 shots) Ed Belfour		Goalie stats			Scott Yearwood (38 saves / 41 shots)

March 21	North Dakota		6 – 3		St. Lawrence	Winter Sports Center	Recap
(unassisted) Tony Hrkac - PP - 09:31		First period			06:38 - PP - Pete Lappin (Mann)
(Hrkac) Mal Parks - 01:35 (Joyce) Tony Hrkac - SH - 04:03 (Johnson) Lee Davidson - GW - 16:36 (Koberinski) Mike LaMoine - 18:54		Second period			16:18 - PP - Mike Hurlbut (Lammens, Baker)
(Hrkac) Bob Joyce - 12:33		Third period			08:27 - Gary Robertson (Baker, Lammens)
(30 saves / 33 shots) Ed Belfour		Goalie stats			Scott Yearwood (29 saves / 35 shots)

North Dakota won series 9–4

(W2) Michigan State vs. (E3) Maine

March 20[3]	Michigan State		6 – 2		Maine	Munn Ice Arena
No scoring		First period			13:15 – Guy Perron (McHugh)
(Cole, Foster) Don McSween – 10:05 (unassisted) Tom Tilley – 16:41 (Kv. Miller, Hamilton) Bruce Rendall – GW – 18:07		Second period			No scoring
(Luongo, Shibicky) Mitch Messier – 07:31 (Gibson, Hoff) Brian McReynolds – 15:00 (Tilley, Ki. Miller) Kevin Miller – 15:33		Third period			02:38 – Guy Perron (Beers, Nonis)
(33 saves / 35 shots) Norm Foster		Goalie stats			Al Loring (26 saves / 32 shots)

March 21[3]	Michigan State		5 – 3		Maine	Munn Ice Arena
(Kv. Miller) Mitch Messier – 19:15		First period			No scoring
(Kv. Miller, Rendall) Kip Miller – 09:55 (Rendall, Shibicky) Mitch Messier – 15:12		Second period			09:32 – Steve Santini (D. Capuano, Baker)
(Messier, McSween) Dave Arkeilpane – GW – 15:36 (Cole, Luongo) Bobby Reynolds – 19:28		Third period			01:57 – Todd Jenkins (Nonis) 12:10 – Todd Jenkins (Nonis)
(23 saves / 26 shots) Bob Essensa		Goalie stats			Scott King (18 saves / 23 shots)

Michigan State won series 11–5

Semifinal

(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Harvard

March 26	North Dakota		5 – 2		Harvard	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Hrkac, LaMoine) Brent Bobyck - 10:17		First period			No scoring
(Hrkac, Johnson) Bob Joyce - PP - 08:42 (Joyce) Tony Hrkac - GW - 12:37 (Johnson, Davidson) Mickey Krampotich - 17:57		Second period			No scoring
(Hrkac, Davidson) Steve Johnson - PP - 10:13		Third period			03:32 - Allen Bourbeau (unassisted) 12:29 - Tim Barakett (Armstrong)
(37 saves / 39 shots) Ed Belfour		Goalie stats			Dickie McEvoy (29 saves / 34 shots)

(W2) Michigan State vs. (W4) Minnesota

March 27[3]	Michigan State		5 – 3		Minnesota	Joe Louis Arena
(Kv. Miller, Hamilton) Mitch Messier - PP – 01:39 (Reynolds, Luongo) Danton Cole – 04:16		First period			No scoring
(O'Toole, Cole) Neil Wilkinson – 10:05		Second period			01:08 - PP – Corey Millen (Blue) 06:27 - PP – Jay Cates (Chorske, Millen) 17:18 – Tom Chorske (unassisted)
(unassisted) Dave Arkeilpane – GW – 07:31 (Luongo) Bill Shibicky - EN – 19:04		Third period			No scoring
(27 saves / 30 shots) Norm Foster		Goalie stats			John Blue (19 saves / 23 shots)

Third-place game

(E2) Harvard vs. (W4) Minnesota

March 28	Harvard		3 – 6		Minnesota	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:31 - Corey Millen (Richards, Grannis)
(Barakett) Lane MacDonald - PP - 01:02 (Pawloski, Cutone) Craig Taucher - 12:13		Second period			02:33 - Marty Nanne (Pitlick) 09:02 - Corey Millen (Snuggerud) 10:22 - GW - Jay Cates (Bloom, Chorske) 13:17 - Eric Dornfeld (unassisted) 15:39 - Dave Snuggerud (Millen, Grannis)
(Bourbeau) C. J. Young - PP - 17:31		Third period			No scoring
(24 saves / 30 shots) John Devin		Goalie stats			Robb Stauber (31 saves / 34 shots)

National Championship

(W1) North Dakota vs. (W2) Michigan State

March 28[4]

North Dakota

5 – 3

Michigan State

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Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UND	Ian Kidd – PP	Joyce	15:07	1–0 UND
	UND	Murray Baron	Bowen and Kidd	16:44	2–0 UND
	UND	Bob Joyce	Kidd and Hrkac	17:02	3–0 UND
2nd	MSU	Tom Tilly	McReynolds and Messier	28:30	3–1 UND
	UND	Malcolm Parks – GW	Koberinski	35:05	4–1 UND
	MSU	Kevin Miller	unassisted	36:56	4–2 UND
3rd	UND	Brent Bobyck	Parent	47:54	5–2 UND
	MSU	Kip Miller	Miller	58:34	5–3 UND
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	MSU	Tom Tilley	Hooking	1:05	2:00
	UND	Grant Paranica	Holding	7:09	2:00
	MSU	Brad Hamilton	Tripping	12:45	2:00
	MSU	Danton Cole	Tripping	13:54	2:00
	UND	Tom Benson	High-sticking	18:06	2:00
2nd	UND	Scott Dub	Slashing	23:16	2:00
	MSU	Brad Hamilton	Tripping	23:57	2:00
	MSU	Sean Clement	Hooking	29:53	2:00
	UND	Murray Baron	Cross-checking	32:55	2:00
3rd	MSU	Don Gibson	Roughing (late hit)	52:07	2:00
	UND	Lee Davidson	Roughing	52:07	2:00

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More information Shots by period, Team ...

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Michigan State 2 8 8 18 North Dakota 8 9 6 23

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MSU Bob Essensa 18 5 60:00 UND Ed Belfour 15 3 60:00

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• G: Ed Belfour (North Dakota)
• D: Ian Kidd (North Dakota)
• D: Chris Luongo (Michigan State)
• D: Don McSween (Michigan State)
• F: Tony Hrkac* (North Dakota)
• F: Bob Joyce (North Dakota)
• F: Corey Millen (Minnesota)

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